Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17
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sTCoKAND FARM

Washington Post: ". Il Lamphear,
Of Riddle Greek, brought in a melon yes
terday that weighed tifty-thres pounds.
During the year ending June Both,
1887, 81 timber-eulture proofs were
made IN Dakota, The number Of filings
was 400.
Sterling Bulletin: The other even
ing, Shay Paralyzed the watermelon
market by retailing about q wagon load
OF them at one cent for choice.
Hurry Bono has an immense field OF
corn that will yield eighty five bushels
per acre. He says he has never raised
such corn since he has been here.
Washington Post: Each of the TWEEN
ty-6ye townships in the county VIII have
at l5ast three fOurths OF a crop Of corn.
In Washington county, that means
good deal
Clay Center Times: A farmer living
up the river said yesterday his average
yield Of a large field Of corn, barring
fifteen Hcres5 would be seventy five bush
els tJ the acre.
Independence Tribune: J. NJ. Sinner,
Of Rutland, is delivering early jersey
corn at the mill for meal, 100 days from
date of planting-and what is better, it
is yielding over 40 bushels per acre.
Independence Tribune: George
McCaGrey, Of Parker, informs us that
/ he had 80 acres of wheat which threshed
out "A bushels per acre snd which weigh
ed out AZ bushels. His corn crop is very
good.
Lsavenworth Standard: Ten bushels Of
peaches is the return from trees planted
three years ago by superintendent
Zimmerman on the poor farm, four miles
southwest of the city. They ara free
/ stones.
Scott Coanty Herald: R. D. Stuver.
of Finney county, was in the city this
week with q load Of cabbage raised on
/ his farm. He realized from the load
| $50.40- Mr.. Stuyer says his corn will
go sixty bushels to the acre.
/ Canada has & law relative to the black
knot in plum trees, which requires every
/ person on RhOse trees the disease APP
! pears, to cut it out or otherwise destroy
1t, the penalty being not less than five
dollars for each Offense.
The earliest Lima beans, which are
usually found near the lower part OF the
vines, should not be picked until enough
shall have been allowed 10 dry for seed,
is next season they will produce earlier
than the higher grown seed.
Smith County Bulletin: Two iue rains
5fis week have greatly revived tire
| verdure, and a look of general prosperity
is in parted to the land. Pastures (which
bad under the dry weather become most
Exhausted, are now in splendid condition,
and cattle are doing finely.
E S. Buffum, OF LIE Roy, Iowa, has
jersey heifer that gave birth to her first
'alf March 18th, 1885, which date lacked
one day Of her being a year old. Mr.
/ Buff IN very naturally desires to know if
anyone has younger mother.
Sume queer things are seen in the
| vs terinary hospital of Philadelphia.
Among others ara a pigs easy chair, a
| padded cell for lunatio horse, a Turk
/ sh bath, and a swinging harness in
! which a horse may live or die without
bearing any weight Oh his legs.
! Tibune Enterprise: @. H. Murphy
/ has grown some Of the finest favored and
| largest melons that have been produced
! IN tie county, several balancing hescaies
at from thirty five to thirty eig ht pounds.
! From seed planted last spring he has
prod uced locust trees three feet in
height.
Osborn County Farmer: On the farm
/ Of j. I'm Kaser, several miles east Of town,
is ar apple orchard, on the trees OF which
there are goOd-sized apples and new
blossoms growing On the same branch.
The long dry spell, followed by theIecent
cOpiOus rains, is undoubtedly the cause
Of thel late blOssOming.
1t is announced by the managers Of
/ the Vermont state fair that this year all
pro OsitiOns for games Of chance, in
cluning wheels and pools, Will be reject
ed, ind that gambling Of every DBtUre
and form, also beer, hle, wine, or other
Intoxicating liquors will be excluded from
and about the exhibition grounds the
week Of the fair.
A New Jersey melon-gro wer, whose
land is not adopted TO that crop, makes
Rols two feet across and eighteen inches
deep, which are filed with sand, loan,
and spadeful of chicken compost, made
by mixing one part Of manure to two
parts OF sawdust or dry loan. Very fine
mui kmelOns are raised in this way.
Jewell County Republican: Peter
Hotter calls our attention 20 the fact that
borers are doing bad work in the apple
trees this season. He has been over bis
orchard and cut them out Ofall his trees,
otherwise he believes one-fourth OF them
would have been killed. A little care at
the right time viii save many a valuable
tree
Independence Tribune: Rufus
Williams, the implement dealer who is
Civ ng much attention to the corn yield,
and eonveFsing with fsrmer5 from all
paris OF the county daily, puts the
( general corn average IN Montgomery
county, at % bushels per acre. This
would give us q yield Of 2,75O GOO BUSH
els IN the county, and be worth over
s5OO,OOO.
T.. az. Shelton, professor of Agricui-
/ turs In the State Agricultural College at
/ MBuhnttaD, in the last issue Of the indus
/ triGlist, the official organ Of that institG-
/ tier, says: We wish right here to re-
mark that there has not been a fall for
three years, at least, so altogether favor
able for the wheat plant as the present
/ The ground is full Of water, which means
/ death to the abominable ehinch-bugs,
and much damage to the Hessian fly
where It abounds It also insures
strong fall growth Of the young plants,
/ which viii enable them, almost certainly,
1 TO pass the winter. without the "Winter-